New Discoveries at Jamestown by John L. Cotter ~ Full Audiobook [history]

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09/13/22

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New Discoveries at Jamestown by John L. Cotter audiobook.

Genre: history

Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first 'successful' English settlement in America. Although the colonists eventually moved upriver to be quit of the hard luck and difficult conditions on the small island, they left behind a trove of possessions - used, worn out, or forgotten.

Did you ever stop to consider just how many different items you have, need, or use, to live, work, and amuse yourself? Chances are that you would seriously underestimate! But once you put such a list together, another person could tell quite a story about the life you lead.

The puzzle of archeology is how to tell that story, just from the discovery of the traces you leave behind. Literally hundreds of thousands of artifacts have been recovered from this pioneering community during three major efforts (1903, the 1950's, and 1994-present) to reconstruct how Europeans of the early 17th century managed to transplant themselves to a wild and hostile land.

The authors, writing for the National Park Service in 1956, relate a fascinating tale of the colonists' resources, their possessions, and their manufactures. They relate documentary evidence from England, Virginia, and elsewhere, and then match it up with items found on the site.

Think about packing for a trip to a new world, where you will spend the rest of your life. There are no shops, no regular supply deliveries. You will build your own home. Food is strictly grown or caught on your own. The local folks (Indians) may be (and were, at some times!) hostile to your presence. You will depend on only a few dozen other people to help you with the things you don't know how to do, and they will depend on you. How do you prepare? What do you take?

This is that story.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:04:07) Chapter 2

(00:31:37) Chapter 3

(01:12:25) Chapter 4

(01:27:20) Chapter 5

(01:34:39) Chapter 6

(01:49:15) Chapter 7

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Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

September 12, 2022

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774m

Nights With Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris audiobook.

Genre: folklore

That the little boy loved Uncle Remus and his stories was so obvious that the tale-spinning sessions began drawing additional listeners. Daddy Jack, an old 'Africa man' visiting from down-state; Sis Tempy, the strong chief of the mansion's servants; and Tildy, a young and pretty servant-girl - all found their way to Uncle Remus' rude cabin when their duties or interests permitted, to sit around the hearth and hear the wonderful tales of the animals, and foremost among them, Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox.

It turned out that some of the tales had different ways of telling, and the visitors took their turns at being the story-teller. Always one or more clever animals humbled or hornswoggled others among their community with flattery, wide-eyed mystery, or outright fraud.

After the success of Harris' 'Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings' , he went on to write eight more books compiling the tales he himself had heard on the plantation in his young days. This is the first of those sequels.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:43) Chapter 02

(00:19:48) Chapter 03

(00:28:47) Chapter 04

(00:37:36) Chapter 05

(00:47:36) Chapter 06

(00:59:55) Chapter 07

(01:11:05) Chapter 08

(01:22:10) Chapter 09

(01:35:58) Chapter 10

(01:47:31) Chapter 11

(01:56:58) Chapter 12

(02:09:46) Chapter 13

(02:20:02) Chapter 14

(02:28:04) Chapter 15

(02:36:19) Chapter 16

(02:50:42) Chapter 17

(02:59:47) Chapter 18

(03:11:21) Chapter 19

(03:25:35) Chapter 20

(03:35:20) Chapter 21

(03:43:34) Chapter 22

(03:54:25) Chapter 23

(04:02:30) Chapter 24

(04:10:59) Chapter 25

(04:27:14) Chapter 26

(04:37:31) Chapter 27

(04:51:22) Chapter 28

(05:04:09) Chapter 29

(05:15:01) Chapter 30

(05:36:01) Chapter 31

(05:49:49) Chapter 32

(06:05:14) Chapter 33

(06:15:36) Chapter 34

(06:24:14) Chapter 35

(06:34:00) Chapter 36

(06:44:34) Chapter 37

(06:58:56) Chapter 38

(07:12:20) Chapter 39

(07:24:00) Chapter 40

(07:33:45) Chapter 41

(07:46:52) Chapter 42

(07:58:30) Chapter 43

(08:09:39) Chapter 44

(08:25:07) Chapter 45

(08:34:46) Chapter 46

(08:45:52) Chapter 47

(08:57:26) Chapter 48

(09:07:53) Chapter 49

(09:17:49) Chapter 50

(09:28:01) Chapter 51

(09:35:37) Chapter 52

(09:43:45) Chapter 53

(09:49:21) Chapter 54

(09:58:54) Chapter 55

(10:10:41) Chapter 56

(10:19:21) Chapter 57

(10:27:26) Chapter 58

(10:37:27) Chapter 59

(10:46:14) Chapter 60

(10:56:10) Chapter 61

(11:04:14) Chapter 62

(11:11:43) Chapter 63

(11:21:00) Chapter 64

(11:27:53) Chapter 65

(11:36:06) Chapter 66

(11:41:42) Chapter 67

(11:49:37) Chapter 68

(11:56:09) Chapter 69

(12:06:47) Chapter 70

(12:25:43) Chapter 71

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The Point of Honor by Joseph Conrad ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

September 13, 2022

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214m

The Point of Honor by Joseph Conrad audiobook.

Genre: drama

Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this story features two French Hussar officers, D'Hubert and Feraud. Their quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter, long-drawn out struggle over the following fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. At the beginning, Feraud is the one who jealously guards his honor and repeatedly demands satisfaction anew when a duelling encounter ends inconclusively; he aggressively pursues every opportunity to locate and duel his foe. As the story progresses, D'Hubert also finds himself caught up in the contest, unable to back down or walk away.

This Conrad short story evidently has its genesis in the real duels that two French Hussar officers fought in the Napoleonic era. Their names were Dupont and Fournier, which Conrad disguised slightly, changing Dupont into D'Hubert and Fournier into Feraud. In 1977, it was turned into a movie, 'The Duellists', starring Keith Carradine and Harvey Keitel.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:49:04) Chapter 2

(01:34:09) Chapter 3

(02:22:33) Chapter 4

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